Petco marathons are not new territory

As if to emphasize the point, Bell grabbed his hamstring while trying to mock an Achilles' injury. “Oh, that's the ankle,” Bell said of the Achilles'.

“There is nothing wrong with me,” said Bell, who was throwing in the bullpen in the ninth. “The only reason I wasn't in there today is Jake wanted to take all the glory for himself and deny me a shot at a 10th save.”

Bell admitted he took an awkward step on the first out of the 10th Saturday night. He then walked two of the next three hitters he faced.

“My knee bent and I hopped a couple of times, but by the time I stopped, I was fine,” Bell said. “I'm completely fine.”

Perdomo finds plate, first win

When Luis Perdomo entered Saturday night's game in the 14th inning, the Reds were ready for the rookie reliever.

“We were told that kid couldn't find home plate,” said Cincinnati manager Dusty Baker of the 24-year-old Perdomo, a San Francisco Rule 5 draft pick last winter who was claimed off waivers by the Padres on April 10.

Three innings later, Perdomo had issued only one walk and no hits. Sixty-six percent of his pitches were strikes and he departed Petco Park with his first major league win thanks to Nick Hundley's two-out homer in the 16th.

As Hundley was hitting, Padres manager Bud Black and his staff were trying to plot how long Perdomo could go.

The last man in the Padres bullpen was certainly going at least one more inning. Black predicted Perdomo could last 50 to 60 pitches.

“Seventy,” said Perdomo through first base coach Rick Renteria. “I was a starter. I was ready to throw one inning, maybe three or four, six. I'm in shape.”

Perdomo called his first major league win very emotional.

Injury updates

Cliff Floyd will start a rehab assignment with Single-A Lake Elsinore on Tuesday and expects to be the Storm's designated hitter through the end of the week. Floyd, who was signed to pinch-hit and be the Padres'left-handed hitter in interleague play, has been on the disabled list since the start of the season. The start of interleague play is less than a month away. “I have to get ready,” Floyd said.

Right-handed starting pitcher Shawn Hill (elbow) played catch with Black on Sunday and said he “is advancing.”

Shortstop Everth Cabrera (fractured hook of the hamate bone in his left hand) is fielding grounders, but cannot return from the 60-day disabled list until mid-June at the earliest.

Shortstop Luis Rodriguez, who Black said suffered a “traditional ankle sprain” Wednesday night in Chicago, could be out another three weeks.